Provincial Court Proceedings, 1681. 73

                  And whereupon the said Edmond Dermot by Liber W. C.
     Robert Ridgely his Attorney Complaineth that Whereas one Cer
     tame John Quigley the Twenty second day of May One thousand
     six hundred and Eighty standing indebted unto the said Edmond
     Dermot for severall sumes and Quantityes of Tobacco by the said
     John Quigley of the proper Tobaccoes of the said Edmond received
     & made use of the sume of ffive thousand Two hundred thirty Nine
     pounds of Tobacco, & also was to deliver up to the said Edmond
     Dermot one Certaine bill or writeing Obligatory Whereby Thomas
     Helgar of Charles County was indebted to the said Edmond Dermot
     the sume of ffoure thousand pounds of Tobacco & wch the said John
     Quigley had Deposited in the hands of the said Philip Lynes to be
     Received of the said Thomas Helgar for the said Quigley, The said
     John Quigley did ordr the said Philip Lynes to deliver up unto the
     said Edmond Dermot the said bill of the said Helgars for ffoure
     Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, & to pay unto the said Edmond Two
     thousand ffoure hundred & nineteene pounds of Tobacco wch the
     said Philip had Received of Henry Bonner gentt for the use and
     accompt of the said John Quigley, In Consideracon whereof the said
     Philip Lynes did assume upon himself and to the said Edmond the
     Twenty ffifth day of May One thousand six hundred and Eighty
     aforesaid did ffaithfully promise That he the said Philip the said
     bill of Thomas Helgars payable to the said Edmond for ffoure
     thousand pounds of Tobacco would deliver up unto the said Edmond
     when thereunto required, And also would pay unto the said Edmond
     Two thousand Two hundred and Twenty six pounds of Tobacco
     part of the said Two thousand foure hundred & nineteene pounds of
     Tobacco Upon Demand, And the said Edmond Dermot in fact saith
     That trusting to the promise and Assumption of the said Philip
     Lynes to him the said Philip soe as aforesaid made, Hee the said
     Edmond the said Twenty ffifth day of May One thousand six hun
     dred & eighty aforesaid, The said John Quigley from the said bill of
     Thomas Helgars for ffoure thousand pounds of Tobacco aforesaid
     did Discharge release & also from Two thousand two hundred twenty
     six pounds of tobacco part of ffive thousand two hundred thirty
     nine pounds of Tobacco wch the said Quigley then owed the said
     Edmond him the said John did Release and Discharge Notwithstand
     ing the said Philip Lynes his promise and Assumption soe as
     aforesaid made not Regarding, but Deviseing and ifraudulently in
     tending him the said Edmond aswell of the said bill of foure thou
     sand pounds of Tobacco due to the said Edmond from the said
     Helgar as aforesaid, as also of the said Two thousand Two hundred
     twenty six pounds of Tobacco to deceive and defraude, The said bill
     of ffoure [Thousand] pounds of Tobacco to the said Edmond to De- P. 455
     liver according to his promise although often Demanded: gainesayd
     & as yet doth gainesay, and the said Two thousand two hundred